With a passion for educating adults, youth and children about the brain, money and investing, Dr. Briggs draws on a lifetime of experience in healthcare, business, real estate and investing in her mission to support education. She is a sought-after speaker, mentor, and business owner as well as an author.
Sharlet entered the business world in a position with a top healthcare organization and by age 24 she was overseeing the operations of multiple divisions. It didn't take long for Sharlet's entrepreneurial spirit to surface and venture into the corporate world where she started and developed a new division.
Dr Briggs has started multiple businesses of her own and as a consultant to other entrepreneurs getting their businesses off the ground or looking to step into playing a bigger game.
Sharlet's real estate investing career began with the purchase of a 10 unit distressed property in Memphis, Tennessee. Today Sharlet's real estate investment company buys, sells and manages investment properties. She personally mentored one of Forbes's "America's Richest" in real estate investing.
In 2007, Sharlet and and her husband David Eastman founded the Thriving Brain(tm) to take the message and mission of brain literacy to a broad audience through books and other educational tools.
In 2009 Sharlet became Six Sigma Black Belt and Lean Management certified and immediately put her skills into productive use transforming workflow in the healthcare setting.
Dr Briggs has a PhD in Clinical Psychology.
